Nine hits back over Telegraph piece critical of morning-show host. Plus: the barbecue-loving folk behind News Corp titles
Not content with having played a part in the professional demise of longstanding Today show host Karl Stefanovic, the tabloid media have started to hound his co-host, Georgie Gardner, who now presents the show with Deb Knight in a female two-header. The Daily Telegraph put a pic of Gardner on page one with the headline “Ice Maiden”, claiming internal polling showed she was a turn-off for viewers.
Reporter Kris Crane claimed “secret focus groups” showed Gardner was “cold” and her “forced banter” was the reason the show’s ratings were down. Nine news boss Darren Wick went on Ray Hadley’s radio show to say the story is a complete fabrication and there had been no focus groups this year.
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